Summary: This story begins shortly after the disastrous visit by Harry and Hermione to Godric’s Hollow where they found Nagini. Hermione seeks to find a new wand for Harry after having broken his, and she gets a little more than she bargained for. Canon is changed only where absolutely necessary. EWE This was written for the SSHG Exchange 2010. The original prompt was provided by scarletladyy.

Summary: Seven years after the final battle: Severus is neither here nor there - and is apparently unwanted, dead or alive, until a small black kitten pins his cloak to a cobblestone. Hermione learns that now and then life rests on the flip of a friendly coin. Does love have the power to cancel time? Only the cats know for sure, and they can't talk.

Summary: I don't talk to trees . . . honest. At least, I'd never admit to talking to them. But if I were the kind of girl who might find herself talking to an old oak tree on a chilly fall morning, asking why its leaves were falling off, and if that tree decided to answer me, this is the story the tree might have told me.